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East vs. west in the spring

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JIBILER
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what are the pros and cons.
Aug 23 2009 8:32PM
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East.
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 128
east coast spring is 2 weeks of rain then its summer.
Aug 23 2009 8:34PM
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Ryanvdonk
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west has full on parks, and lasts till april and may, and june at abay. its also usually sunny, and has the occasional pow day.
Aug 23 2009 10:45PM
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DR.SHRED
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 503
bottom line the west is better all the time
Aug 23 2009 10:49PM
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Holte
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Or August in the PNW.
Aug 23 2009 10:50PM
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jfletcher
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from the east so:
cons:
-icy as fuck in the morning, slushy in the after noon
-rainy, shitty, and foggy half the days
-can't get speed for any jump
-rails melting out of the snow
-huge dirt patches
-park closes early

Pros:
-doesn't hurt to fall
-the last two weeks are the best part of the season
Aug 23 2009 10:51PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
west.

pros: everything, your in the west dumbass. the east just doesn't get legit in the spring
Aug 23 2009 10:54PM
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[Adam]
Posts: 1937 - Karma: 256
he speaks the truth
Aug 23 2009 10:56PM
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garrett.
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alaska is best mid to late february on.
Aug 23 2009 11:03PM
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no_steeze
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in the east you get huge puddles at the bottom of runs so you can do a run and then a mini pond skim, i just cruise around in slush on fat skis and ride through puddles
Aug 23 2009 11:07PM
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Ryanvdonk
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or august in colorado, haha, but he asked about spring, not summer
Aug 23 2009 11:20PM
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jakepwilliams
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Aug 23 2009 11:21PM
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.peter
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If you're really far north on the East coast spring is sick. The only bad part is that a lot of places stop taking care of their parks sometime in April. I guess the biggest pro is being able to ride with everyone on the mountain since there's never anyone there. and the on mountain parties that always happen late in the season.
Aug 23 2009 11:27PM
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beast_coast
Posts: 288 - Karma: 189
well for the east coast its the best time of the season cuz its warm, no one is at the mountain, everyone is super chill with eachother, everyone is smoking reefer all the time. it's probably bettter in the west but the east is all i got and you can't hate on what you have no matter what. word life.
Aug 23 2009 11:30PM
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jakepwilliams
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respect
Aug 23 2009 11:32PM
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wintersway
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east has the parties.. and they start when the first lift gets going
Aug 23 2009 11:33PM
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Wobby
Posts: 316 - Karma: 266
A-Basin, the beach. west wins.  End of story.
Aug 23 2009 11:59PM
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raddar
Posts: 681 - Karma: 65
the east has tucks in the spring though, and tucks is the biggest party of all.  if youre into that sort of thing.  if youre not, hike up the bowl and get some of your best turns of the year in.
Aug 24 2009 11:25AM
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Shlogan
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Aug 24 2009 11:26AM
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skodeo7
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Unfortunately this statement is mostly true.
Aug 24 2009 11:30AM
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Mmessmer
Posts: 872 - Karma: 43
Cons for the East- it's the east
Pros for the West- it's the west
Aug 24 2009 11:32AM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
east is warm and they have the best corn snow around!!
Aug 24 2009 11:37AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
personally i love riding spring in the east, it's really warm, the snow is soft and fun to plow through on fat skis, and the general vibe is so relaxed and fun, everyone's out there getting soaked and having a great time, peak season and spring are so different in terms of the vibes you get while skiing, many fewer asshole new yorkers to deal with in the spring
Aug 24 2009 11:43AM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
^this
Aug 24 2009 11:44AM
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THUGwife
Posts: 1909 - Karma: 301
pros of east - swimming
pros of west - skiing
Aug 24 2009 12:00PM
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beardstatus
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wow exactly i mean the east might be kind of shitty but the spring vibes cannot be beat. i learn a pretty damn good amount of tricks in the spring and its just shredding with all of ur buddies supper fun
Aug 24 2009 12:46PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Loon is pretty damn ill in the spring to all the east coast spring haters. That being said I do live in Utah and... its a lot better all the time.
Aug 24 2009 1:07PM
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Thenowhereman42
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In the spring in the west you can just wear a T shirt, you don't need gloves, and the resorts have bikini contests.

True story.
Aug 24 2009 2:07PM
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[BRI]noceros
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the t shirt part is true in the east too, i've skied in just a t and shirtless in march
Aug 24 2009 10:47PM
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dan4060
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The west has better mountains, more snow, and a longer spring season.  Mammoth is always open until memorial day, and many places in Tahoe are too.

I love spring skiing.  It's warm, slushy, and the steeps are super fun.
Aug 25 2009 12:08PM
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Brenone
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this ^ and Mount Snow reggae fest is always a drunken good time
Aug 25 2009 12:22PM
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